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A great Spanish lyric poet; born at Granada, 1527; died at Madrigal, 1591. He entered the order of Augustin Friars, 1544, and in 1561 became professor of theology in the University of Salamanca. He suffered five years' imprisonment, by sentence of the Court of Inquisition, for his translation of the "Song of Songs" into Spanish, with commentary. Among his prose writings is a treatise on the "Names of Christ" (1583) and "The Perfect Wife" (1583): both books are still in popular use in Spain. His poems, almost exclusively of a religious character, are to be classed with the highest products of the lyric Muse of Spain. His translations in verse of some of the works of Virgil and Horace, of 40 of the Psalms, and of passages from Greek and Italian poets, are characterized by much spirit and grace of style.